In Brief: Church hosting Thanksgiving meal

Saturday

An Erie church is holding its fourth annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner this weekend.

The meal, which is free to the public, will be served Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Second Baptist Church, 757 E. 26th St.

Organizers said people can get more information or request delivery of a meal by calling the church at 456-6874.

Faith giveaway

We had "Iesodo: Believe" to give away.

The winner of the DVD was Margaret Osborn of Waterford.

This week, we have a 365 Bible Verses a Year for 2018 boxed daily calendar. The calendar from Workman Publishing features pages with color photos from nature and accompanying scripture for every day of the year.

To enter the drawing, send your full name, address, city, ZIP and the keyword VERSES on a postcard to Faith, c/o Dana Massing, Erie Times-News, P.O. Box 6215, Erie, PA 16512-6215 or in an email to dana.massing@timesnews.com.

One entry per person, please. Deadline is Wednesday at noon. Winner will be chosen at random from entries received.

Church Women celebrating community

Church Women United in the Erie Area will hold its World Community Day celebration this month.

The event will take place Nov. 18 at 9:30 a.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1603 W. 32nd St. This year's theme is "Kindling New Fires for Peace."

Organizers said childcare will be provided and a CWU business meeting will follow the celebration.

The Erie unit of CWU also will be collecting new and gently used children's books at the event for Mount Calvary's library, organizers said.

For more information, call 825-7118.

Readers' Reflections

Do you pray before meals? Why or why not? If you do, do you pray everywhere you eat?

Send your answer, in 100 or fewer words, to Readers’ Reflections at dana.massing@timesnews.com or in care of Dana Massing, Erie Times-News, 205 W. 12th St., Erie, PA 16534. Include your full name, your congregation or religious affiliation or hometown, and your phone number. Answers must be received by Nov. 19. Look for the answers on the final Saturday of the month.

Have a question you’d like to see asked and answered in Readers’ Reflections? Send it to Massing for consideration. Questions should be faith-related and able to be answered by people of varying religious traditions.

We want to hear your faith news

Is your religious organization marking a milestone anniversary, going on a mission trip or does it have other news to share?

Call Dana Massing at 870-1729 or email her at dana.massing@timesnews.com.

For anniversaries, she’ll send you a form to fill out so you can share your group’s 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th or similar significant year. Requests for anniversary forms must be made at least three weeks before any celebratory events. Completed forms must be returned at least two weeks before events.

For mission trips, she’ll send you a form to fill out so you can tell people where you went and what you did. Completed forms must be returned within one month of the end of your trip.

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